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Dune

Fear is the Mind Killer, and Dune is the Mind Number Author: Frank Herbert Dune has long been on my list of must reads, and I am probably the only person on the planet who a) didn’t know even the basics of the plot and b) has never seen any of the movies. I went in knowing only that Dune was mostly set on a desert planet and there are giant worms. And honestly, I came out with about the same amount of knowledge. Dune is a Game of Thrones like story of betrayal, interplanetary politics, mysterious religions with centuries of [...]

2023-01-31T18:41:26-07:00January 31st, 2023|Tags: , , , , , , |

Luminous Dead, The

An Atmospheric Horror Sci-Fi Mashup Author: Caitlin Starling In the dark of a dangerous cavern on a foreign world, two women find themselves and each other. Gyre has always led a hard life on a bleak planet. Its caves were her only consolation and now, they are her only way to escape. She may be young, but she does have grit and some expertise. She hopes it will be enough to get her off planet and put her on the road to finding her mother. Taking a dangerous job with scant information and a suspiciously large paycheck is no problem for [...]

2022-07-26T09:21:47-07:00July 17th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

Spore

Spore Author: David Kristoph John Harmon is desperate. He is working double shifts. He is trying to do everything and anything to get enough money for his daughter’s chemotherapy, and he is completely unable to sleep. Medically unable. And it’s all wearing on him. When he finally convinces his shady brother-in-law to let him in on a secret sleep study, he thinks all of his problems are solved. They are paying him more than enough to take care of his daughter just by being in the study, and the strange, glowing blue liquid they are injecting him with is finally allowing him [...]

2022-02-20T10:30:00-07:00February 20th, 2022|Tags: , , , , |
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